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Westerham 1664 Hearth Tax Return


Transcribed by Susan Young
PRO: E179/249/37A fol. 14: A TRUE DUPLICATE conteyning an account etc. (signed) Wm. Peyton Philip Packer, Chr. Dering Clerk of the Peace.

"An accompt as well of the names of the persons and number of hearths and stoves in theire respectyve possessions that are Chargeable by virtue of a late act intituled an act for the establishing an additional revenue upon his Majestie, his heires, and successors for the better support of his and theire crowne and dignity as alsoe of the names of the persons and number of hearths and stoves in theire respective possessions which are not chargeable by the said act, which accompt being transmitted by the justices of Peace unto the clarke of the peace of the said county is by him engrossed in parchment to be still kept in the said county And now this duplicate thereof being signed by two justices of the peace and the clarke of the peace of the said county of Kent is transmitted into his majesties court of Exchequer by virtue of another late act entitled an additionall act for the better ordering and collecting the revenues arising by Hearth money.

A duplicate hereof was transmitted unto the exchequer on the xvijth day of August 16 Charles 1664."

WESTERHAM TOWNE

Chargeable

SURNAMEGIVEN NAME# HEARTHS
AllenJames3
Boothby-Esq[ui]reWilliam12
BowyerRichard4
BrookerCharles3
BrookerThomas8
BurgisJohn3
BurgisJohn2
BurtonBryan2
CharlwoodWilliam4
ChartGeorge2
CoakerWiddow1
CooperEdward2
DaltonJohn5
DawlingSamuell8
Dawling, Gent.John6
Dawling-gentJohn7
Dawling-gent:Samuell7
DeaneThomas12
EdlowJoseph2
EverestGiles1
GatlandJohn1
GratwickTobias6
HeathRobert2
Holmden-gent:John9
Jackson-jun[io]rAnthony5
Jackson-sen[io]rAnthony2
JohnsonRobert2
KingWilliam2
Knight-gentMichaell17
LaneEdmund4
LaneWilliam2
LawrenceGeorge3
Leich-KntS[i[r William22
LieghJohn4
LodgeJohn5
LorkinMr2
Maning-Esq[ui]reThomas27
MarrantHenry3
MedhurstFrancis2
MillesJohn5
PageWiddow4
PeakeJohn6
PlumleyJohn2
PoryeMr8
PuckleThomas2
RogersWidow1
Saxbye-sen[io]rAnthony5
Saxby-jun[io]rAnthony5
SeyliardMrs7
SharpeThomas1
ShepheardJohn2
SmythWiddow2
SpencerElizabeth2
StapleWiddow2
StapletonGeorge2
SteereJohn2
StephensChristopher1
StephensonWiddow2
StylesOwnsted3
SumpterAnthony2
SwannJoseph4
SwannWill[ia]m5
TapsellHenry2
ThomasEdmund4
ThorntonEdward8
ThorpeJohn8
TidmanJohn2
TymanGeorge4
WardJohn2
Watts-jun[io]rThomas4
Watts-sen[io]rThomas11
WaymarkeThomas3
WellsRichard10
WheatleyEdward5
WhitacreEdward3
WoodRichard4


Not Chargeable

Allen-sen[io]rJames1
AshtonJohn1
BannesterElizabeth1
BannesterWiddow1
BartholomewThomas3
BrambleJohn2
BucklandWiddow1
BurtonThomas1
CooperRichard3
CronkeRichard1
CumberJames2
DawkinsWilliam2
DeaconNicholas2
DentWiddow1
EatonRichard1
EdsallWiddow2
EdwardsWiddow2
EldridgeThomas3
EverestMathew2
FithRichard2
FoordThomas1
FoordWiddow1
ForderWiddow1
GassonEdward4
GatesRichard2
GatesWiddow1
GatlandThomas1
GrimesPeter2
HardingThomas1
HarlingThomas1
HatcherHenry1
HaywardJohn1
HeathWiddow1
HedlyWiddow2
HollydayJohn2
HolmdenWilliam1
JarmanAnn1
JefferyWiddow2
JewellJohn1
JoanesNicholas2
JoanesWiddow1
JohnsonJohn2
JohnsonWiddow1
KingEdward3
KippsWiddow1
KittleAnthony2
LawrenceWilliam1
LockeWilliam2
MaceWilliam1
MarchantWiddow2
MeadJohn2
MedhurstAbraham2
MerchantThomas3
MerchauntNicholas2
OwnsteadJohn2
PerrinNicholas2
PerriorEdward2
PierceThomas1
PlummerThomas3
PocknellThomas1
PooleJohn3
PrestonJohn2
QuidentonThomas1
QuidintonThomas1
SacreHenry2
SeamanJohn2
ShawArthur2
ShaweRalph1
SmythCharles1
SmythFrancis1
SpencerWassell3
SpilsteadHenry2
SpilsteadWilliam5
StacyeWiddow1
ThorntonRichard1
TrattJohn2
TunbridgeWiddow1
TurnerGeorge1
UnderhillWilliam2
WardRichard7
WellesThomas3
WickendenThomas1
WilderWilliam1
WoodRichard2
WoodhamsWiddow2
 Edmund Lane Borsholder 


WESTERHAM UPLAND

Chargeable

SURNAMEGIVEN NAME# HEARTHS
BatesThomas2
BitterdickThomas3
BlackmanJohn2
BrowneGiles4
ChapmanHenry2
ChapmanJames4
ChapmanWiddow1
CoaleBryan3
DriverJohn2
DriverThomas2
DudneyJohn2
FielderSolomon2
FrancisNicholas3
FrancisRichard2
FrithJohn2
GoddenRobert4
GreeneEdward4
HarborowJames2
HolmdenMichaell6
JewellJohn3
KingWilliam2
Knight-gent:Thomas14
MartenWilliam2
MedhurstGeorge2
MillesThomas1
MorganJames4
Petty-gent:George18
Plumble-for-the-Medhurst-houseJohn1
Plumble-for-the-windmill-houseJohn2
RiversAndrew3
SearesJohn2
ShewbridgeThomas2
StacyeWilliam5
StaleyMichael3
StanfordThomas3
StreatfieldRobert6
Sum[m]ertonJohn2
Sum[m]ertonRichard1
Toller-gent:George2
Toller-gent:Henry5
WalkerStephen2
WardGeorge2
WellsWiddow3
WhitakerEdward5
WhiteThomas2


Not Chargeable

ArnoldEdward2
BakerWilliam2
BartlettJohn2
BewmanJohn2
BrewhoodFrancis1
BryanHenry2
DrewJohn1
DriverMathew1
DudsonThomas1
FrancisWiddow1
MerchantJames2
MillionsMark2
VargeWilliam2
WickenJohn1
YoungWilliam2
 Robert Streatfeild constable